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ArticleJournal of patient-centered research and reviews2021

Business Cards as a Mechanism to Encourage Patient Feedback About Trainees.

Marc Atzenhoefer, Jodie Ruffin, David Parewski, Nicole Deklotz, M Fuad Jan, Ana Cristina Perez Moreno, Suhail Q Allaqaband

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Article in Journal of patient-centered research and reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Marc AtzenhoeferAurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, Milwaukee, WI.
Jodie RuffinInstitutional Medical Education, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, Milwaukee, WI.
David ParewskiPatient Experience, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
Nicole DeklotzPatient Experience, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
M Fuad JanAurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, Milwaukee, WI.
Ana Cristina Perez MorenoAdvocate Aurora Research Institute, Advocate Aurora Health, Milwaukee, WI.
Suhail Q AllaqabandAurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, Milwaukee, WI.
Creative Commons · USAurora St. Luke's Medical Center · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This project sought to evaluate if business card distribution improved the utility of Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) surveys by serving as a feedback mechanism for trainees. Between fall 2018 and spring 2019, patient encounters for 6 cardiovascular disease fellows were tracked over two 60-day periods. Six weeks were allowed for HCAHPS surveys to be returned. Business cards were subsequently deployed and encounters similarly tracked. During the control-group monitoring period, 721 patient encounters were logged and 80 (11.1%) surveys were returned. Qualitative feedback, in the form of free-response comments, was provided in 41 (51.3%) surveys. Business cards were then deployed and encounters similarly tracked. During the business card period, 508 patient encounters occurred and 97 (19.1%) surveys were returned. Qualitative feedback was provided in 52 (53.6%) surveys. No fellow-specific feedback was returned in either group. Business card use by trainees was associated with an improved rate of survey return, from 11.1% to 19.1%, but no effect on feedback to fellows or patient satisfaction scores was found. HCAHPS surveys were not useful in providing trainees with feedback. Immediate verbal feedback from patients via ancillary staff was observed. A method of relaying communication from patients to ancillary staff and medical education programs is needed.

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cardiovascular fellowshipcommunication skillsdomains of clinical competencefeedbackgraduate medical educationpatient satisfaction

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PMID34322580
PMCPMC8297493
OpenAlexW3183543174

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